Project Wareham

Andrew P.M. Wright

Wareham trial train service postponed to summer 2023

Dedicated Swanage Railway volunteers have postponed their planned trial diesel train service to the main line at Wareham until the summer...

Andrew P.M. Wright

Swanage Railway wins government grant for updated feasibility study into Wareham train service

Dedicated Swanage Railway volunteers have won a Government grant of up to £50,000 to pay for an updated feasibility study and business...

Andy Vincent

Project Wareham DMU Fleet Assembled at Corfe Castle

All four DMU vehicles that make up the mainline fleet for services from the Swanage branch to Wareham have now returned to the Swanage...

Andy Vincent

Class 117 DMBS Delivered for Project Wareham

Four refurbished DMU vehicles have returned to the Swanage Railway following an extensive overhaul at Eastleigh works. The vehicles...

Andrew P.M. Wright

Challenging Restoration and Upgrade of 1960's Heritage Diesel Trains Delays Second Year Wareham

A challenging project to restore and upgrade two former British Railways 1960s heritage diesel trains – to exacting main line standards –...

Andrew P.M. Wright

Swanage to Wareham Train Service Wins Purbeck Community Rail Partnership 'Innovation in Communit

A pioneering two-year trial train service to Wareham operated by the Swanage Railway has won the Purbeck Community Rail Partnership an...

Andrew P.M. Wright

Volunteers Celebrate Returning Swanage to Wareham Train Service for First Time in 45 Years

Two generations of volunteers, going back to the Swanage Railway's birth in the mid-1970s, have been celebrating public transport history...

Andrew P.M. Wright

Public Train Service to link Swanage & Corfe Castle with the Main Line at Wareham – for the firs

History is to be made next month with the return of a public diesel train service from Swanage and Corfe Castle to the main line at...